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Monthly Archives: November 2011

I found this recipe on http://www.bettycrocker.com. I made them for our neighbors the Baldwins but kept a few for us to try and they are divine! cookie base: 1 (1 pound, 1.5 ounce) pouch Betty Crocker double chocolate chunk cookie mix (I’ll confess here that I used a Krusteaz chocolate chunk cookie mix, the kind … Continue reading →

Here is my Red Velvet Cake story! A friend of Courtney’s requested a birthday cake from us for her daughter’s birthday and she wanted the cake to be Red Velvet. I had never made a Red Velvet cake before so I asked my good friend Ann, who is a spectacular baker, if she had … Continue reading →

This could not be any easier to make and it seriously could not taste any better either. It was even better with a little (or big) dollop of Cool Whip on top. It comes from the Martha Stewart magazine, “Everyday Food”. 32 chocolate wafer cookies (about 8 ounces) or graham crackers 2 tablespoons sugar coarse … Continue reading →

This is a fun and easy idea that I found on the Wilton website, placecards made out of candy! They are bigger than they look, almost the size of a regular candy bar. ingredients: white candy melts (I didn’t do any white ones, just orange and cocoa) orange candy melts dark cocoa candy melts (I … Continue reading →

This recipe also comes from the November 2001 issue of “Food Network Magazine” (Thanksgiving dinner at the Johnson’s brought to you by the Food Network Magazine!). I used the bacon that Bob had wrapped around the turkey in these. They were really good! 2 1/2 pounds green beans, trimmed Kosher salt 1/2 pound bacon, roughly … Continue reading →

I decided to try and make popovers this year which wasn’t a total disaster but didn’t turn out perfectly either. I had to send my niece Heidi and her husband Mark to the store to buy rolls because most of the popovers didn’t turn out and the 6 that were acceptable were a little too … Continue reading →